On October 30, the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations, in cooperation with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), held a side event on the right to development at UN Headquarters.

Ambassador Sun Lei, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, stated that development is a timeless theme for humanity and that the right to development is an inalienable human right. The Global Development Initiative (GDI), proposed by President Xi Jinping, offers China's solution to reinvigorating global development and provides profound insights into improving global human rights governance. The international community should join hands to advance development and promote the shared enjoyment of human rights.

Ambassador Godfrey Kwoba, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations, representing the Chair of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM); Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights; Ms. Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and experts from the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development delivered remarks. Participants unanimously called for the full realization of the right to development and common progress for people of all countries. They highly commended China's achievements and contributions in leading global development and advancing human rights governance, and expressed their hope to strengthen exchanges of experience and practical cooperation with China.